placenamesBallinamara
Béal Átha na Marbh
Lewis recorded a charitable building scheme still being prepared.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Béal Átha na Marbh · Irish · main form · validated name
- Ballinamara · English · main form
Place & story
Robert Lanigan’s intended provision
Robert Lanigan left £100 to build two houses for two poor widows at Ballinamara, according to Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account. The intended occupants were also to receive a small annual allowance. Lewis described preparations to carry out the bequest as still in progress, rather than reporting completed houses. The scheme combined accommodation with continuing support for its residents, but the account neither names the women nor states the amount of their proposed allowance. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballinamara. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballynemara or Ballinamara: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.